Film magazine



' Aug. 18, 1936. H. N. FAIRBANKS 2,051,206

FILM MAGAZINE Filed April 2. 1935 'Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES -mmmcaznvn Henry N. Fairbanks, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y, a corporation of New York Application April 2, 1935, Serial No. 14,332

This invention relates to photography and more particularly to a reversible filmmagazine for motionpicture-cameras.

To the users of motion picture cameras that are loaded with film which is placed in a suitable magazine by the supplier and not removed until received by the processor, it is an important fea ture that themagazlne be equipped with some means for preventing any accidental unwinding of the film in the'magazine during the shipment I or handling thereof. Any film magazine is subject to a measurable amount of handling before it reaches the user, and in' cases where two series of pictures are taken on one width of film, and the reversal of the magazine in the camera is required tofully expose the film, it is obvious, that in film magazines, in which there are no take uprestraining featuresfor the film rolls, a certain amount of film might be wasted due .to its accio dental unwinding in the magazine.

Therefore, one object of my invention is to provide a film magazine in which thefilm cores are restrained against accidental unwinding during the handling thereof. e

Another object is to provide a film magazine, which when inserted in the proper camera,'will engage means for releasing the restraining mechanism 'on the film cores and allow the driving of thetakeupfilmcore.

And another object is to providea film spooling system in which itwfll be impossible for the operator to operatlvely place the film spoollng system in ,the camera in any position other than the correct position. v J

Briefly, my invention consists of a film magazine, the cover and body portions of which have cooperating studs and ring seats for locating andbeing frictionally engaged by a film core which is helically "slotted to make it expansible and t0 normally compressed. when the film magazine fringedseats of the magazine and enter the cores 45 of e is'inserted in the proper camera, thetake-up shaft and a-treely rotatable spindle, which'are suitably positioned in the camera, engage the filmspools. Duetothesizeoftheshaft and spindle; which enter the film cores, and the peculiar construction of the inner wall of the m..an expa'nsionpfthe film cores isbrought about which releases thesecores from their restraining means within the magazine and allows the take-up spool to be operated by the take-up shalt. The removal of the magazine from the camera will obviously cause areversal'otthe process,andallowthefilmcorestocompressand '55. engage these means.

within the magazine ,to' prevent any accidental unwinding of the film during handling.

The novel characteristics that I consider characteristic of. my invention areset forth with particularity in the appended claims- The inven- -'5 tion, itself, however, both as to its organization and its-method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection 0 i with the accompanying drawing in which: 1

Fig. l is a top plan view-of a magazine with one half of its cover removed to s ow the location of one film core and the path of the film;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation in section of the mag- 15 azine, illustrated inFig. l, with the film removed I and the cover 'in araised position; f Y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective of the film core showing the helical slot;-

Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation in section of "the film core, illustrated in Fig. 3, showing the bore construction of said core;

Fig. 5 is an elevation in section of the empty film magazine out of the camera; and,

Fig. 6 is an elevation. in section of the empty 26 film magazine as it would be in a camera.

. As illustrated, the. film magazine comprises a cover II and a body portion II, which will be hereinaiter referred to as the magazine II. The

cover In, and the body portion I i of the magazine 30 V are. each providedfwith a stud i2 and assisting .ring it so located, on the respective parts, that as 1 ring 13 on the other, so that each of the film' cores ll are located at opposite ends by a stud i2 and a seating ring it, said stud l2 and seating ring" acting as journal bearings for the film cores. 7

Thefilm cores ltaremai'leof aresilientmaterial, preferably metal, and are each provided with a helical slot I! to render them expansible I -and normally compressed. The cores II are nor- ,mally com-so that when they are located in the magazine, on'thestud's i2 and the seating rings is, they frietionailyengase these two parts to prevent any accidentalunwinding of the film duringhandlingofthemagnsine The A v portion of the seating ring Ills of greater di- .a neter than thatof the stud It, the purpose of 9 eter as the take-up shaft l8, said'shaft l8 and spindle l9 being so located in the camera that they simultaneously engage the openings 2! in the magazine ll. Since the shaft ll and the spindle l9 are of a diameter to engage the interior of the ring seats I3, they must necessarily be slightly larger than the diameters of the studs I2. Then as the magazine is forced down over take-up shaft I8 and the spindle i9,' they enthe supplier. until it reaches the proeessor,,-

' supplier, and the user receives it with the bulk 5 l3, respectively, which are located on the bot- If this type 'ofm'aga'zine'were in wheretwo series ofpictures are taken on the .sa'me, width of. film, this particular magazine "and itsnovel engagement with shafts .onthe ,versal iof the magazine; thedeflnite location oi theshaft i;8,.the spindle i9, and the openings 25 in the magazineas described above, insures the 70 camera would prove advantageous. Because, as i this particular type ,of exposure requires the.'re-' the container and ing a complete turn over of the magazine before satisfactory engagement with the camera parts II and II can be accomplished.

, In practice this magazine is loaded by the of the film on the supply core. To load the magazine, the supplier merely removes the cover "and forces the two film cores ll, supply and take-up, onto the studs l2 and the seating rings tom of the magazine ii. The cover III of the magazine is then placed on the magazine body ll, said cover I. being provided with a stud i2 and a seating ring I! in such a relation that gage the cam portions. H in the interior of the each core M frictionally engages a studl2 and 15 cores and cause the-cores to be expanded. a seating ring ll. This frictional engagement This expansion of the cores l4 relieves the fricbetween the cores I4 .and the studs l2 and rings tional. engagement between them and the seating II is due to a gripping action caused by the rings I3 and the studs i2, as shown in Fig; 6, by normally compressed cores H, and accidental the reference character 26, and at thesame time unwinding of the film is prevented thereby dur- 20 provides ,a frictional contact between the takeing up shaft l8 and the core lbto ailectthe control -When the magazine is placed in operating poof the take-up core.' The spindle I! may -be sition in the camera, the take-up shaft i8 and a mounted in the camera to rotate freely'therewith, v rotatablespindle ll,'engage' the seating rings I3 or a given amount of friction might be set up in the magazine; and by virtue of their size, and 25 therebetween in order to give a certain amount their cooperation with the restricted interiors It of tension to the supply coreto prevent any posof the cores M, and cam surfaces II in the resibility of the supply unwinding faster than the stricted interiors of the cores ll, the cores it are take-up would receive it. I I expanded enough to release them from the studs When it is found necessary to remove the i2 and the seating rings l3, as shown in Fig. 6.

magazine from the camera, for any reasonwvhat- This frictional release is supplemented by a fricsoever, the removal of'the shaft l8 and the spintional engagement between the take-up shaft {8, dle l9, from the cores M, allowsthese normally the ,freely rotatable spindle l9,and the cores M to compressed cores I 4 to againfrictionally engage elect the driving control of the take-up core by 35 the studs l2 and the seating rings l3, andthere the take-up shaft ll. Aremoval of the magazine by restrain the film cores against accidental unfrom the camera reverses this order, and as the winding while said magazine is out of the camera. shaft II and the spindle l9 leaves the cores H, the

As shown in Fig.1, the user purchases the cores. llagain compresstofrictionally engage thefilm entirely enclosed in the magazine II. In studs l2 and the seating rings i3 to prevent any 40 a magazine of this type the supply and take-up accidental unwinding of the film and subsequent 0 cores for the film aremounted in opposite ends waste thereof. a

of the magazine compartment. The end of the a .Although I have shown and described certain film strip is, led off' from the supply reel and specific embodiments of my invention, I am fully through a suitable channel 22, which is formed aware that many modifications thereof are possi- .45 between the wall of the magazine body II, and a ble. My invention, therefore-is not to be restrictguide block 23. It is then led across the mouth ed except in so far as is necessitated by the prior 24 of the magazine to the take-up reel which is art and by the spirit of the appended claims.

not shown. For the purpose of illustration, I What I claim as my invention and desireto' have shown the end of the film strip Ffsstened secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis:

50, to the film cores by means of the usual type of 1- In a'filmpackage for continuous film, the

' Spring c ip I combination of, a container having a remo able To load a camera with this magazine, the cover, supports mounted on the cover and on one magazine is inserted into the camera toeng'age wall of the container for supporting a coilof film. a suitable take-up shaft 18 and. a spindle ",as and an expansible core for the film coil, said core described "above, for releasing the core gripping being normally compressed to frictionally engage meansfl'Ihe loop of filmJF', across the-mouth said supports when mounted thereon.'

24 of the magazine, 'is enlarged until it is gut-L 2.A film magazine for continuous films; comficiently'long to be threaded over a given path prising a container having a removable cover,

in h mFWing mature a a -ame t e ooyer supports mounted non the cover and one wall or pthe camera is replaced and the camera is ready the container f r s l pp 'fiing a coil of film, an 60 for operation. In picture taking, wherein aexgpansible core for the film roll, said core being magazine of thi typeis used, there should be no normally compressed to -frictionally engage said reason forthe coverjof the. magazine beingre-Eiiuppo'rtson said cover and said container when moved from the time that the magazine leaves thereon, "at least one of said supports 65 having an openingto permit .a' spindle to enter assume control of the film roll therein. i

3. A film'magazine comprising a container his).

in; opposite parallel walls, journal bearings mounted on said walls for supporting a coil of film, a corej'h'avinga helical slot, said. core being eirpansible and normally compressed to frictionally engagesaid journal' bearings when mounted thereon, one of said journal bearings-- operator against double exposureby necesitat an' opening to'permi't a spindle to enter the magazine and assume control of the film roll therein.

4. A film magazine comprising a container having opposite parallel walls, journal bearings mounted on saidwalls for supporting a coil 01. film, a film core having a slot, said core being expansible and normally compressed to frictionally engage the journal bearings when mounted thereon.

5. A film magazine comprising a container hav; ing opposite parallel walls, journal bearings mounted on said walls for supporting a film core, said film core being expansible and normally compressed to frictionally engage the journal bearings when supported thereon.

6. In a film magazine the combination of a container having opposite parallel walls, journal bearings mounted on said walls for supporting the take-up and supply rolls of film, said journal bearings consisting of a stud and a seating ring located in each wall, the seating ring in one wall being in axial alignment with the stud in the other wall, and film cores having helical slots, said cores being expansible and normally compressed to frictionally engage the journal bearings when mounted thereon. a

7. The combination with a film magazine comprising a closed container having opposite parallel walls, Journal-bearings located on said walls for supporting the take-up and supply rolls of film, said journal bearings, consisting of a stud and a seating ring located ,on each of said walls, the stud on one wall being in axial alignment with the seating ring on the opposite wall, film cores having helical slots and restricted bores, said cores being expansible and normally compressed to i'rictionally engage said journal bearings when mounted thereon, said seating rings having openings, of a drive shaft and a rotatable spindle suitably mounted externally of said magazine to enter said openings in the seating rings and expand said film core and assume driving to irlctionally engage said journal bearings when mounted thereon; said seating rings having openings, of a pair of spindles external of said magazine, suitably positioned to enter said openings in the seating rings for expanding said film cores and releasing them.from said journal bearings.

-to enter the magazine and assume control of the filnr roll therein.

10. The combination with a film magazine comprising a container having opposite walls,

.journal bearings mounted on said walls, and

consisting of a stud and a seating ring located on each 01' said container walls, the seating ring in one wall'being in axial alignment with the studs in the opposite wall, expansible film cores, said cores being normally compressed to frictionally engage the iournal bearings when mounted thereon; said seating rings having openings, of a pair of rotatable spindles adapted to enter said openings in the seating rings to expand and assume control of the film rolls thereon. I

11. The combination with a film magazine comprising a container having opposite parallel walls, Journal bearings mounted on said walls and consisting of a stud and a seating ring of difierent sizes located. on each of said walls, a seating ring in one wall being in axial alignment with the stud in the opposite wall, film cores having helical slots, said cores being expansible and normally compressed, the internal diameters of said cores having restricted portions for i'rictionallyiengaging the Journal bearings, said restricted portions being joined by a cam surface, said seating rings having openings, of a pair of rotatable spindles adapted upon operative association with said magazine to enter the openings in said journal bearings and expand said cores for free rotation with respect to'said journal bearings.

12. The combination *with a film magazine comprising a container having opposite parallel walls, a stud and a seating ring located on each wall, the stud in one wall being in axial alignment with the seating ring in the opposite wall, each wall having an opening enclosed by the seating ring on said wall, two cores having helical slots and being normally compressed to frictionally engage a stud on one wall and a seating ring on the opposite wall, restricted bores in the cores having cam surfaces, of "a pair oi rotatable spindles adapted to engage alternate openings. in the wall of the magazine when said magazine is brought into operative association therewith, said engagement afiecting an expansion ofithe' cores to release said cores from the studs and seating rings and efi'ect a frictional engagement between the cores and said spindles.

HENRY N. FAIRBANKS. 

